The news of Deebo Samuel's trade request broke last week, but the San Francisco 49ers have known of his frustrations for a long time.
ESPN's Jeff Darlington said Monday on SportsCenter that the 49ers "have been dealing with Deebo Samuel's unhappiness for the past month or so":
"No reconciliation yet between Deebo Samuel and the San Francisco 49ers. Deebo is remaining with his feet in the ground on this. He does still want to be traded from the 49ers organization. We should point out by the way that while we broke the news last week, it's not something that was news to the 49ers.